18th August - Law News

Edition 4983: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Hopcraft v Close Brothers; Johnson v FirstRand Bank; Wrench v FirstRand Bank [2025] UKSC 33

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• A few questions for the Attorney General - UK Human Rights Blog
• Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act. Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader
• Ban for solicitor apprentice accused of faking supervisor’s signature - Legal Cheek
• Patient in permanent vegetative state to be kept alive - Court of Protection - UK Human Rights Blog
• CalMac has paid out more than £460,000 in compensation to passengers because of delays and cancellations to its services since April last year. The state-owned ferry operator paid £432,735 in compensation to travellers in 2024-25
• One in three law school websites give 'inaccurate' or 'confusing' information on becoming a solicitor, study finds - Legal Cheek
• Home secretary Yvette Cooper has again defended the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group, claiming it is more than "a regular protest group known for occasional stunts"